Dr Perna received her MD and PhD degree in Biochemistry from Federico II University, Naples, Italy, where she also completed her residency and clinical fellowship. Dr Perna completed both a Post-doctoral Research Fellowship under the mentorship of Stephen Nimer and Post-doctoral Research training under the mentorship of Michel Sadelain at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, New York. She joins us from the Indiana University School of Medicine, where she was an Associate Professor in the Division of Hematology/Oncology. Dr Perna's clinical interests are on the pathogenesis and treatment of hematological malignancies and management of the complications of CAR-T cell therapy.